“There’s a cruel irony in a new report just out from the World Wildlife Fund: Water crises, long seen as a problem of only the poorest, are increasingly affecting some of the world’s wealthiest nations.” Hiding our heads in the sand isn’t going to help.

“With the space shuttle Atlantis scheduled to launch on Sunday, construction of the unfinished International Space Station (ISS) is set to pick up again after a 3.5-year hiatus.” About bloody time, too.

“Space Adventures of Arlington, Virginia, is opening its first office in Beijing to introduce space tourism to well-heeled space tourists in the biggest and fastest-growing economy on the planet.” You gotta go where the market is, baby.

“With new technology called near-field communications, you could use a cell phone to make purchases, or even download a movie trailer from a poster.” Is there anything that your mobile phone won’t be able to do within the next five years?